Performance
5.02× medianBaseline: 20Phase 7.2
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auto-a2fb8594a7ad-05 · v1
Why do fireflies flash—are they communicating with light?
Mechanism: common observation, explanation
Payoff: Each species flashes its own rhythm to attract mates, warn predators, or deceive rivals; the light is bioluminescent and cold, not hot.
Evidence
1youtubeDuplicates
1Exact component-level matchesLimitations
0No missing signal is coerced to zeroEvidence1
youtube · youtube.video
7Ykfmcki4rAOpen sourcePayload
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}Advocate / Skeptic0
No evaluations recorded.
Duplicate signals1
auto-a2fb8594a7ad-03 · v1mechanism
Limitations0
No explicit limitations recorded.
Audit trail2
factual_reviewpending → passedshorts-intelligence-weekly-flow
approvalpending → approvedshorts-intelligence-weekly-flow